Contractor chosen for Leeds’ £15m Playhouse redevelopment

Building firm BAM has won a contract to deliver the multi-million pound redevelopment of Leeds Playhouse for Leeds City Council.

The company’s North East construction team will work on the £15m scheme, designed by Glasgow-based architects Page/Park.

The two theatres that form the Playhouse opened in 1990, becoming the largest purpose-built new theatres since the National Theatre launched in 1976.

But the city council is looking to transform the building as it suffers from poor disabled access and needs new entrances and open spaces.

Jason Pink, construction director at BAM, said: “We’re creating a new theatre in the undercroft and we’ll be conducting enhancement and access works around the other two existing theatres.

“It’s a complex refurb with numerous small spaces that feel like a rabbit warren. Our team has experience of similar restoration schemes that we completed in Leeds and Harrogate.”

He added: “We have been conducting early works already and are delighted to mark the commencement of main works today with this ground breaking ceremony.”

The redevelopment is part of the wider transformation of the Quarry Hill area into a cultural quarter for the city.

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